Counterintuitivly, trees in parks can be MORE at risk of dehydration than trees on pavements because grass competes with the tree for water and pavements trap water in the soil beneath them x.com/ticlme/status/…

We’ve launched a new #TreeAlert dashboard that gives registered users access to two years of TreeAlert reports which will help to understand what’s happening in the local area. More information available online: ow.ly/qq8q50T8rwP #Observatree #ForestResearch

Broadband💻 vs street trees🌳 One way to prevent your street ever having trees is to let your broadband supplier lay cable along the pavement edge or in the grass verge. Yes, we need to protect existing trees, but we also need to protect the places where we can plant trees.

It lives - it was great to get back to the office after the PRC to find the hard copies of my new book on GI in 🇨🇳 🇯🇵 🇭🇰 🇸🇬 and 🇰🇷 had arrived. It looks great and I hope people enjoy it - thanks to Routledge Built Environment Routledge Planning & Urban Studies for their help getting it published

Some amazing #urbangreening in #colmar, facilitating active travel and making the pedestrian experience less stressful. Now let's see this beyond the tourist trail. #urbangreenspace Ville de Colmar

The health condition of #HorseChestnut trees is threatened by #fungalpathogens, #bacteria and the leaf miner moth. What is the situation in Germany? And what can be done against it? Whatch the interview I gave in ARDalpha "Nachgehakt" (min 18 onwards): ardmediathek.de/video/alpha-na…

Important new report by The Nature Conservancy on the crucial importance of #trees for #cooling in the world's #arid #cities. Citizens of arid cities have on average 1.5% tree cover in their neighbourhood, while the average for citizens in semi-arid cities is 4.2%. blog.nature.org/science-brief/…

There have been no reported discoveries of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) in the UK, but Forest Research entomologists are working to futureproof our treescape. 🦗🌳 We recently met with Senior Scientist in Entomology, Daegan Inward and Entomologist, Katy Reed to find

The IUFRO Division 7 Forest Health Conference on tree health—from Cities to Forests will be held at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. Members of our #UB3Guard are among the organizers looking forward to seeing many participants from our community More info soon: iufro.org/science/divisi…

📣 #IPCC is calling for authors for its Special Report on #ClimateChange & Cities and the deadline to submit nominations is this Friday, 20 Sept. Working Group I Vice-Chair Mark Howden offers valuable insights about what it's like to be #IPCC author. bit.ly/PR24AC

🌱 Loss of soil micro- and macro-nutrients can lead to severe health problems, often hidden from plain sight. #Soils4Nutrition is here to raise awareness about the importance of #SoilHealth and the impact it has on our well-being. Learn more from infographic via Food and Agriculture Organization 👇

First report of #Phytophthora platani causing bark canker and dieback on London plane in the United Kingdom - Pérez‐Sierra - 2024 - New Disease Reports - Wiley Online Library bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nd… New species from Clade 2c already being noticied by its damaging abilities...

Enrol in a free online course with @‌FAO's elearning Academy! An introduction to urban and peri-urban forestry ow.ly/P21X50RSCBC #GreenCities

Are you a citizen scientist? Forest Research and University of Warwick are undertaking a project to understand how surveys for tree pests and pathogens can be more effective by involving citizen science. More details and signup here: ow.ly/mNFO50Tr01G

🌱 What are motivations for and barriers to 'active engagement' with trees, forests and woodlands? 📖 We conducted an evidence review on different activities, including tree planting, community woodland management and citizen science, available here: tinyurl.com/4scs76ss

Our annual Forestry Facts and Figures report is now available to view or download online as a PDF. 🌳📊 Over on LinkedIn from tomorrow, we'll be publishing some quiz style polls for you to get involved in. Download the report 👉 ow.ly/qS4o50TvXvf #UKWoodland

Jon Stokes, our Director of Trees, Science & Research​ talks us through how to conduct the seed floating test and what it means. Feeling inspired to grow your own trees from seed? This snippet is from last years Seed Gathering Masterclass online talk, if you want to learn more

My PhD thesis was on how institutional & governance processes in #London that perpetuated manicured #parks & #urbangreenspace ecologically limited these spaces. It took a few years, but change is afoot. nytimes.com/2024/10/02/art…

Veteran and ancient trees can often be retained in areas of high usage even if they have obvious internal decay and defects, but it requires knowledgeable intervention if their premature loss is to be avoided.

The Great Oak - Eardisley, Herefordshire One of the great trees of England. About 900 years old.